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Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me. — Lord Chesterfield
The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The perplexity of life arises from there being too many interesting things in it for us to be interested properly in any of them. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Being 'contented' ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Being tall is an advantage, especially in business. People will always remember you. And if you're in a crowd, you'll always have some clean air… — Julia Child
Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not always tell us what… — Lydia M. Child
None speak of the bravery, the might, or the intellect of Jesus; but the devil is always imagined as a being of acute intellect, political… — Lydia M. Child
I did not like prizes at school. I didn't like tests or exams, or the 11+, or O-levels. Later I hated B.A.s and M.A.s. The… — Billy Childish
Be universal in your love. You will see the universe to be the picture of your own being. — Sri Chinmoy
Being called ugly and fat and disgusting to look at from the time I could barely understand what the words meant has scarred me so… — Margaret Cho
The stuff I do and say onstage I can do easily. As a performer, that comes easily. But being social offstage, it's not easy for… — Margaret Cho
England is a fairly envious little country and it's embodied in the press. They don't like anyone being more distinguished than they are. — John Cleese
One place that I really feel comfortable is being a comedienne. I'm very socially inept. There's so many things that I can not do in… — Margaret Cho
I remember at the age of five travelling on a trolley car with my mother past a group of women on a picket line at… — Noam Chomsky
The real key is to live in an environment where the mind feels free to choose the right thing instead of being compelled by habit… — Deepak Chopra
We are not victims of aging, sickness and death. These are part of scenery, not the seer, who is immune to any form of change.… — Deepak Chopra
And the greatest lesson that mom ever taught me though was this one. She told me there would be times in your life when you… — Chris Christie
I don't think there's anybody in America who thinks my personality is best suited to being Number Two. — Chris Christie
Kids raised to be pampered and spoiled don't really end up being good leaders. Leaders need to be independent minded and confident. — Amy Chua
I'm suggesting that, ironically, the secret to becoming a world 'hyperpower' is tolerance. If you look at history, you see great powers being very tolerant… — Amy Chua
I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else. — Winston Churchill
I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught. — Winston Churchill

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